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Lomount Marion 195M dragline?

Last post by Mark Williams « Sun Jan 13, 2019 9:05 am
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by Mark Williams » Mon Feb 06, 2017 5:09 am

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Hello,
Can anyone supply some information on the above dragline that worked on the Tanners-Hall,Tow Law opencast site in County Durham in...

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Hello Seawalker05,
I would be interested to know some history about the plant used on the Tannners Hall sites by Lomount & Coal Contractors, in...

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Sun Jan 13, 2019 9:05 am
List of all H485

Last post by petor « Fri Mar 17, 2017 8:45 pm
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by petor » Sun Mar 12, 2017 11:57 pm

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Hello.

My name is Peter and I am interested in the Mining-Excuvator Demag H485.

How many units were built, what where the differences, and is...

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Hi Dave. That would be great! I have a picture in a book of a 485 from Suncore that is used for spareparts. I think it is the machine from Scotland.

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Fri Mar 17, 2017 8:45 pm
Liebherr R9200 mining excavator

Last post by Dah « Sat Aug 13, 2016 10:28 pm
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by TUHD » Sat Aug 13, 2016 2:01 pm

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The first Liebherr R9200 mining excavator in Europe. Working in a quarry in Germany.

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Looks like it will earn its money in that material!

Dave

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Sat Aug 13, 2016 10:28 pm
Manitowoc 6400

Last post by Mark Williams « Sat Jun 04, 2016 8:08 am
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by Dah » Wed Jan 21, 2015 11:42 pm

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Hi

Has anyone ever seen any pictures of the Manitowoc 6400 crawler dragline that Shepherd Hill used at all? Seen it mentioned in books but never...

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Hello Everyone,
I found some really interesting information this week,on the specifications of the Manitowoc 6400 & 4600 model dragline &...

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Sat Jun 04, 2016 8:08 am
P&H 1900AL shovels?

Last post by chris73 « Sun Apr 24, 2016 10:30 am
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by Mark Williams » Sun Apr 17, 2016 11:36 am

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Hello Everyone,
There were 5 of the above shovels commissioned to BCO (British Coal Opencast) in the mid 70s. The first 1 was owned by Wimpey &...

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No problem at all :thumbup: . I seem to have misplaced a pile of my old photos but I shall continue the hunt!

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Sun Apr 24, 2016 10:30 am
EX8000-6 BH

Last post by Explo « Thu Apr 21, 2016 1:21 pm
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by rare ss » Thu Apr 21, 2016 2:10 am

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Pretty cool clip of a new EX8000 assembly from Oz!

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Cool :-) I see they do some track bashing near the end!!!! No mean feat I bet?

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Thu Apr 21, 2016 1:21 pm
Caterpillar G3520C Genset

Last post by Mrsmackpaul « Wed Apr 20, 2016 9:55 pm
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by rockstar91 » Fri Oct 09, 2015 12:19 am

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I'm looking for a new gen set (0 hrs)...specifically the Cat G3520C genset

Thanks!

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thats a fare lump of a genny you have found good luck with it

Paul

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Wed Apr 20, 2016 9:55 pm
Shotton Opencast

Last post by Ross « Sat Apr 16, 2016 8:53 pm
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by micko » Mon Aug 17, 2015 4:13 pm

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I took the photos while standing on a ladys head and she did not complain (Northumberlandia).
The site is slowly moving south so it should be easier...

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Wow. Banks 200 was always a clean machine but never that clean.

That 789 looks like it needs a wheel end.
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Sat Apr 16, 2016 8:53 pm
Giant dumptruck?

Last post by Jeremy Rowland « Thu Mar 31, 2016 7:45 am
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by Holger » Tue Mar 29, 2016 11:50 am

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Any info on this?
Looks giant:

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I bet they can rotate them to the outside :-D

Hmm :think: now that would be a novel idea!

Jeremy

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Thu Mar 31, 2016 7:45 am
Taylor Woodrow Waterfalls O.C.C.S?

Last post by Mark Williams « Wed Mar 23, 2016 7:21 am

by Mark Williams » Wed Mar 23, 2016 7:21 am

Hello Everyone,
I would like to mention about the above site which was located near the village of Rhigos & Cwmgrach in South Wales.
This site...

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Wed Mar 23, 2016 7:21 am
Taylor Woodrow Linton Lane O.C.C.S?

Last post by Mark Williams « Wed Mar 23, 2016 6:29 am

by Mark Williams » Wed Mar 23, 2016 6:29 am

Hello Everyone,
I've been trying to find out about this site in the North-East that was worked in the 80s.
That's all I know is we had 6 Caterpillar...

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Wed Mar 23, 2016 6:29 am
UK Coal Lodge House

Last post by bigkit « Sun Jan 10, 2016 7:23 pm
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by L.Kezz » Thu Mar 05, 2015 10:19 am

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Hello all,

I visited the Lodge House site in Derbyshire this week and it looks as though they are extracting the last of the coal and are filling in...

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Sorry that was a joke based on the amount of time Luke spent there perving at the plant!
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Sun Jan 10, 2016 7:23 pm
Johnny Locke,Merthyr Tydfil O.C.C.S?

Last post by chris73 « Sat Jan 02, 2016 6:58 pm
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by Mark Williams » Sat Jan 02, 2016 9:36 am

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Hello Everyone,
Happy new year to you all?
John Locke was a plant hire company,from Kenfig Hill, near Bridgend in South Wales.He had quite a...

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I remember that site well. I can remember a friendly security gaurd letting me have a wander around when I was about twelve.
Remember the cat 245 and...

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Sat Jan 02, 2016 6:58 pm
Shand Mining Ffyndaff O.C.C.S?

Last post by innes « Wed Dec 30, 2015 12:08 pm
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by Mark Williams » Sat Oct 10, 2015 8:00 am

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Hello everyone,
I am going to write about this site in segments,because of the long duration of this contract,of 30 years.I was only a young boy when...

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Thanks for the a great post Mark, very interesting
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Wed Dec 30, 2015 12:08 pm
Cat HMS factory Dortmund

Last post by Shovelman « Sun Nov 22, 2015 8:18 pm
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by SRB » Wed Nov 18, 2015 12:55 pm

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Thought I would share a few pic's from the Dortmund factory I was lucky enough to visit earlier this year.

Excavators from the 6015 (rh40) thru to...

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Stuart,

Thanks for the great photos! I took a tour there in 1990 when things were still red and off-white, but no photos were permitted at that...

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Sun Nov 22, 2015 8:18 pm
Hot open cast

Last post by davemadden « Mon Nov 09, 2015 5:14 pm
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by martyn williams » Fri Nov 02, 2012 1:10 pm

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You would not need cab heaters on this job.

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Hi

Up here in the north east we had quite a few shale heaps that were dangerous to work. There was a heap at Backworth where Richards &...
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Mon Nov 09, 2015 5:14 pm
Wimpey, Bryn Pica, O.C.C.S.

Last post by Mark Williams « Wed Oct 28, 2015 6:10 am
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by Mark Williams » Tue Oct 27, 2015 7:11 am

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Hello Everyone,
This was a long running open cast coal site,from the 50s to the mid 1980s,although,there was different contracts awarded to Wimpey...

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Hello Fred,
With regards to the Derek Crouch site @ Onllwyn,a close friend & colleague of mine, that I worked with @...

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Wed Oct 28, 2015 6:10 am
Godkin OCCS

Last post by Mark Williams « Mon Oct 12, 2015 1:00 pm
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by Dah » Mon Oct 12, 2015 10:14 am

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Hi,

I thought that I would follow Mark’s example and write down my memories of Godkin OCCS. I was very young so a bit sketchy.

My first memory of...

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Hi Dave,
Excellent story,
You can see a lot of photos of this contract in the Book Opencast Images.From what I see Coal Contractors used a big fleet...

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Mon Oct 12, 2015 1:00 pm
W1400 Sundew

Last post by Dah « Fri Oct 09, 2015 1:52 pm
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by Dah » Thu Oct 08, 2015 4:35 pm

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Just found a couple of nice pictures of Sundew on the internet - shame you don't see this kind of thing happening anymore.

Dave.

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Have you noticed the size of the shoes?! They are higher in the centre than the the 8,000-ton drags I have seen!

Dave

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Fri Oct 09, 2015 1:52 pm
Shand Mining East-Pit & Park-Slip O.C.C.S?

Last post by Ian Fletcher1970 « Wed Oct 07, 2015 9:37 pm
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by Mark Williams » Sun Oct 04, 2015 8:50 am

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Hello Everyone,
As I have posted on this forum in the past,I was lucky to spend time on this site,as a school boy & later on as a fitter.
I had...

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I remember the 1266 at Icehouse as a lad - They also had a Cat 245 Backhoe there

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Wed Oct 07, 2015 9:37 pm
Shand Mining Meadowgate & Killamarsh Open Cast Site.

Last post by al6lom « Mon Oct 05, 2015 9:44 pm
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by Mark Williams » Fri Oct 02, 2015 9:10 am

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Hello Everyone,
I would like to talk about the above site,which Shand Mining were the contractors on in 1976,until the early 80s.
The plant to my...

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I guess this photo speaks for itself. I have other photos to follow.

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Mon Oct 05, 2015 9:44 pm
Mears Brothers Mining?

Last post by Mark Williams « Wed Sep 30, 2015 8:27 am

by Mark Williams » Wed Sep 30, 2015 8:27 am

Hello Everyone,
Does anyone know of the history of this Open-Cast Coal Mining company.I believe they were from the Chesterfield area & operated a...

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Wed Sep 30, 2015 8:27 am
984 Liebherr having a lift off a Cat 785 C

Last post by Elfonz « Fri Sep 18, 2015 12:24 pm
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by GIZZY » Sat Feb 02, 2013 6:26 pm

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Saves tracking I suppose

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Back in the eighties at Greenbushes in the S.W of Western Australia we used to put Kato 1550s i think they were on the back of Inter payhauler,s and...

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Fri Sep 18, 2015 12:24 pm
Logan Lake visitor center

Last post by Shovelman « Sat Sep 12, 2015 4:21 pm
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by Shovelman » Thu Sep 10, 2015 1:06 pm

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Visitor center at Logan Lake in B.C., Canada

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would love a look round there myself one day.

Jeremy

I've got it on my list of things to do someday as well!

'All the best,

John

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Sat Sep 12, 2015 4:21 pm
Caterpillar 6015B field follow unit

Last post by Gavin84w « Sun Sep 06, 2015 1:08 am
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by Shovelman » Tue Jul 21, 2015 12:24 am

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I know this unit is on the small side of the mining spectrum, but it's been a while since anything was posted to this topic. All though there are no...

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5110B enjoyed a good reputation in the field during its time, it had oversize components (5130 swing drives, valves etc) and benefitted from...
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Sun Sep 06, 2015 1:08 am

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